Protect the privacy of your Android phone

Privacy Blocker

The software basically pinpoints the type of data certain applications are requesting about your Android phone and sending it back.

Privacy Blocker replaces the data inside the applications with bogus data and effectively fixes the potential privacy issues.

You may be surprised to find out what type of information certain applications are requesting like your phone number or current cell tower location.

Note: AT&T Users need "SideLoading" enabled to use the main feature of this app.

GO SMS – CUSTOMIZE TEXT MESSAGE ON YOUR ANDROID PHONE [TUTORIAL & REVIEW]

Tired of the Old theme screen of your SMS?

Want to have privacy over your SMS?

Want to manage Push notifications of sms on your Android?

Want to set a different theme for each contact?

Want to back up your text messages?

Want to have an online library of messages on your Android Phone?

If you have any one reason from mentioned above than you must give a try to this great application called Go Sms. Go Dev team on Xda-developers is defining the new ways of using Android Phone at Platform of Android community. They have launched many great tools for Android phone such as Go launcher ex, Go sms. Go Sms is so far best application to use text messaging on your Android Phone and is even much better than the native messaging application.

The best thing which you will surely like about Go Sms is that it is absolutely free of cost in the Android market. So you can easily download this app from Android market. Go sms has a list of great features. Such as now you don’t need to have a different application for security purpose on your Android phone when you have Go Sms. It has a built in security system that will let you guys to control the messages on your Android phone. This great application has received many good ratings and reviews from other Developers as well and it has been downloaded more than 250,000 times from android market.

General information:

Current Version: 2.19

Requires Android: 1.6 and up

Category: Communication

Installs: 1,000,000 – 5,000,000

Size: 3.0M

Price: Free

Features:

Here are some great features of this amazing application:

Many themes are available can easily downloaded from Android Market.

Can easily switch between two styles i-e: Chat style or old list style

Can have Facebook photos on your contacts in Go SMS

You can have night mode on your Device which will help you guys to prolong the battery life of your Phone

Fully customizable inbox each and everything such as font, color, size of contact

Can select the Different Notification settings for different Contacts even

Individual settings that will let you have settings for each individual such as Signature, Conversation and notifications

Sent settings to control the sending of messages from your Android phone

Can have Pop up for a new Message in order to quick reply

The amazing thing about Go sms is its Security settings that will help guys to increase the privacy of Android phone

Blacklist option for different contacts

Backup and restore your sms

A great online SMS library

Some great Tips indigenous in GO SMS

Animation effect in title or conversation list

Avoid messages wrong order: sort by time or by order of messages sent/received and many more which you can understand while using GO SMS.

Conclusion:

If you love customizing your android Phone than this is the so far best application for customizing the text messaging tool on Android phone. It is highly recommended to anybody as it is free of cost. So should give a try to this great application so that you can figure out more exciting features of this fantabulous application.

Android 2.3 ROM for European Samsung Galaxy S leaked

An official and final (read: not beta) Android 2.3.3 ROM has leaked for the standard I9000 iteration of the Samsung Galaxy S. Unfortunately, this means it will only work on the European version of the phone and those in the US still have to play the waiting game. This is the same build that you would receive if you send your handset to a Samsung Service Center for repair, according to XDA Developers.

Check out the ROM Highlights video below, courtesy of The Android Soul, to get a taste of what your phone will soon be getting. For the Installation Guide, watch this video and read these instructions. For the Rooting Guide, watch this video and read these instructions.

The leak is one thing, but the fact that Samsung is starting to update handsets when they arrive at its repair centers is good news. This would suggest that Samsung Galaxy S owners won't have to wait much longer to get an official Android 2.3 (codenamed Gingerbread) build from their carrier.

Some users are still waiting for Android 2.2 (codenamed Froyo). We would recommend skipping it and going straight to Gingerbread, if you get the chance of course.

LG Manufactured Google NEXUS Android 3.0 Tablet Coming This Summer?

LG Electronics has come to a new agreement with Google to produce the first Nexus Tablet that will run on Android 3.0 Honeycomb for release mid-Summer or early Fall, according to new discoveries posted by editors over at mobile-review.com.

The source claims that LG is the only manufacturer to agree to Google terms for making their branded products. The agreement we can assume includes conditions like no customizations outside of those sanctioned by Google to Android 3.0 and the tablets have to get the most current updates released by Google.

Now the tablet hasn’t been confirmed by LG or Google but this wouldn’t be the first time Google has contracted a top device maker to create a Google branded device, the Nexus One and Nexus S Smartphone’s have all been offered in recent years. In both those handsets case they came with zero manufacturer customizations and they each get the most current Android updates whenever they are released by Google.

If this device does launch or at least get announced this Summer it would be interesting to see if LG keeps 3D alive in the Google branded device. Also it would be interesting to see what kind of special Google touches the device could get. It’s worth noting that Google has been rumored to be working on their own self-branded tablet since last year. I’ll be staying tuned to any rumors regarding this Nexus tablet for sure, hope you do the same.

Google Enters Mobile Payments with NFC System

Google aimed to go big-time in mobile payments when the company introduced Nexus S with the Near-Field Communication chip. Mobile Advertising is Google's safe bet and the company wishes to boost it via Mobile Payments. The Wall Street Journal reported that Google has joined hands with MasterCard and Citigroup for setting up a mobile payment system to turn Android smartphones into e-Wallets, according to people familiar with the matter. However, in this deal Google won't be getting any monetary cut from both partners whenever Google's phone is being used.

Google, MasterCard and Citigroup have come together for the mobile payment system that also involves credit-card reader maker - VeriFone Systems. So the deal is like this - Google's NFC chip based smartphones would be usable for Citigroup issued debit/credit cards. VeriFone will introduce Contact-less readers that will let the Citigroup card holders to make purchases by waving or tapping their Android smartphones in front of those readers.

The special contact-less credit/debit card readers will incorporate near-field communication technology - a short range wireless technology and will let the client device (Android Smartphones) behave like a contact-less electronic card. Though it is a contact-less system of mobile payment, it's more sophisticated and far more difficult for hackers to crack the code for stealing user's account information as the NFC technology isn't that easily vulnerable. More details are expected to be out in a couple of weeks.

Apart from Google, Apple and BlackBerry too are expected to join the NFC-based mobile payment bandwagon. The next Apple iPhone 5 is heavily anticipated to carry the NFC chip. While the upcoming RIM's touch handsets will majorly feature NFC chip as reported in the leaked roadmap for this year.

Next major thing in mobile commerce is the contact-less mobile payment based on NFC technology.